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Monday, January 23, 2006
UK spouting less spam
Anti-virus firm Sophos has just published its report identifying the top twelve spam-relaying countries over the last quarter of 2005 -- and this year the UK isn't in the list.
Here's the dirty dozen:
1. United States -- 24.5%
2. China (inc Hong Kong) -- 22.3%
3. South Korea -- 9.7%
4. France -- 5.0%
5. Canada -- 3.0%
6. Brazil -- 2.6%
7. Spain -- 2.5%
8. Austria -- 2.4%
9. Taiwan -- 2.1%
10. Poland -- 2.0%
10. Japan -- 2.0%
12. Germany -- 1.8%
Others -- 20.3%
October to December 2005
The UK is responsible for relaying 1.6% of spam, which puts it in 14th position, down from number 10 in the April-September 2005 charts. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, reckons the drop is due to UK computer users becoming more savvy about security: "Computer users in the UK are putting the squeeze on spammers by better protecting their computers from being turned into spam-relaying zombies. It's encouraging to see that the UK no longer occupies one of the top twelve positions."
Here's the dirty dozen:
1. United States -- 24.5%
2. China (inc Hong Kong) -- 22.3%
3. South Korea -- 9.7%
4. France -- 5.0%
5. Canada -- 3.0%
6. Brazil -- 2.6%
7. Spain -- 2.5%
8. Austria -- 2.4%
9. Taiwan -- 2.1%
10. Poland -- 2.0%
10. Japan -- 2.0%
12. Germany -- 1.8%
Others -- 20.3%
October to December 2005
The UK is responsible for relaying 1.6% of spam, which puts it in 14th position, down from number 10 in the April-September 2005 charts. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, reckons the drop is due to UK computer users becoming more savvy about security: "Computer users in the UK are putting the squeeze on spammers by better protecting their computers from being turned into spam-relaying zombies. It's encouraging to see that the UK no longer occupies one of the top twelve positions."
posted by paul, 1:34 PM
